The List: 16 Nov 2000 (Issue 401)

I Lisa Milne, lain Paton and Richard Pierson Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £9—£17.50. Henry Kelly’s in town, but this time he’s going for a song, rather than gold. Scottish soprano superstar Lisa Milne is joined by the equally popular tenor lain Paton and Scottish Opera pianist Richard Pierson for this evening of extracts and arias from Mozart, Schumann, Verdi, Bizet and others.

I University of Glasgow Orchestra Bute Hall, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, 330 4092. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). Conductor Julian Clayton is joined by soloist Shona Brown for Vaughan Williams’ ()boe Concerto, in a programme which also features Stravinsky‘s Symphony of Mind Instruments and Borodin 's Symphme No 2.

I Academy Now! Festival Concert Two RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1). We Were Here — new works performed by past students from the Academy.

Edinburgh

I The Jeckl Ensemble Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 3pm. £6. This award-winning wind quintet celebrate the festival of St Cecilia, the Patron Saint of Music with works by lbert, Danzi. Gershwin and Hindemith.

THURSDAY 25

Glasgow

I Scottish Voices Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Free. Sopranos Wilma MaeDougall and Amanda Morrison, while Dorcas Owen and Taylor Wilson are joined by harpist Sophie Askew for Edward McGuire's Celtic Knotwok, Schumann’s [)uets and Serenissima by Graham Hair, who also directs the concen.

I Dinner Concert Series House For An Art Lover. Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4773. 7.30pm. £38.50. Allan Neave performs a selection of classical guitar works in the Music Room, followed by a meal in the Main Hall and Dining Room.

Edinburgh

I Lucie Skeaping And The Burning Bush Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University, Bristo Square, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £12.50 (£6). Britain's most acclaimed Jewish music ensemble play and sing music of the old Jewish world. The performance will include songs of the Yiddish theatre, Judeo Spanish romances, devotional music of the old Ottoman world and Yemenite songs.

FRIDAY 24

Glasgow

I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall, Candleriggs. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £5.50—£17. Regular guest violinist Thomas Zehetmairjoins the SCO for works by a couple of youngsters. Mozart wrote his Violin Concert No 4 when he was just nineteen and Mendelssohn was only fifteen when he penned his Symphony No 1. They are joined by granddaddy Haydn, who was in his 405 when he created his Symphony No 49 ‘La Passione', a piece inspired by Easter plainchants.

I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. £10.25—£22.50. Neeme Jarvi is at the baton for Mahler’s Symphony No 9, a piece written by the Austrian composer shortly after he developed a fatal heart condition which heavily influenced his feelings about time and mortality. both of which are evident in this critically acclaimed piece.

I Scottish Music Weekend RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. Free but ticketed. A weekend devoted to Scottish music presented by the Scottish Amateur Music Association. With competitions, courses and ending with a ceilidh on Sunday night.

I lorn Concerto No I, Concerto-Rondo for Horn and Orchestra and Symphony No 4] ‘Jupiter’. Haydn's Horn Concerto No 2 also makes an appearance. Joining them for the occasion is horn player David Pyatt, who in 1988 was the youngest ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year award.

I Millennium Choral Celebration Govan Old Parish Church, 840 Govan Road, 3.30pm. Free. Alan Tavener conducts organist Christopher Nickol and the Strathclyde University Chamber Choir in a community Mass for the end of the church year. Featured works include Finzi’s [.o, the Full l’inal Sacrifice.

I Colette Ruddy and Robert Melling Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 3pm. £6. Dundee-born soprano Ruddy, the recipient of the LASMO Staffa Music Award, is accompanied by pianist Mellittg for an afternoon of love songs by Faure, Purcell and Moeran.

Stirling

I Scott At The Opera Royal Hotel, 55 Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan, ()1786 461316. 7.30pm. £14. Opera On A Shoestring present an evening of music by Rossini. Schubert, Parry, Donizetti and Bizet with readings of work by Sir Walter Scott and anecdotes from his life and times.

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' I Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Younger Hall, North Street, 01334 474610. 7.45pm. £5.50—£15. Cherubini's stormy overture from his 18th century tragic opera .lledee is soothed over by Strauss' serene ()boe Concerto and Brahms’ Serenade No 1. Lu Jia is the